The relative ease with which Celtic disposed of Dundee United to keep alive the possibility of a fifth treble in six years was an indicator of how well things are going on the pitch.<\/p>\n
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The players showed enthusiasm, craft and a fair amount of hard work.<\/p>\n
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Interestingly, and probably uniquely, all the substitutes not only slipped into the style and tempo of the game, but each one of them did enough to catch the eye.<\/p>\n
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McCarthy made himself available for the pass whether needed or not, Rogic and Dembele were creative and determined, and Mikey Johnston looked like he was trying a little less and achieving a little more.<\/p>\n
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And he looked like he’d been at the weights, which in itself is a sign of the right attitude.<\/p>\n
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So all good then, as the hoops look forward to a clash with plucky cash strapped minnows “rangers ” in the semi final ?<\/p>\n
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Well, maybe.<\/p>\n
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And maybe not.<\/p>\n
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The away support , some claim a minority , others a sizeable minority, seemed to run out of songs to sing, and brought back a couple of outdated and offensive tunes which were simply best left wherever it was they found them.<\/p>\n
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On The One Road, a song about Irish unification and including the line “Sure we’ve had our troubles now and then, but now is the time to make things up again ” , seems to have gained another line which is quite frankly unacceptable.<\/p>\n
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” Dublin, Belfast , Cork and Donegal ” has been replaced by “Soon there’ll be no protestants at all “, which is right up there with anything that the support of any other club or company has produced in the name of banter.<\/p>\n
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Now apart from the obvious misconception that players will run faster, tackle harder or pass more accurately because the fans are telling them that if they do the ultimate goal of the removal of protestants can possibly act as a spur, it’s pathetic to aim a diatribe at a section of society that has provided some of, if not perhaps the greatest of, all contributors to the history of the club.<\/p>\n
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The club has a fair degree of control over who gets away tickets, and I’m fairly sure they can identify if not the actual offenders, but the CSC or season book holder responsible for that area of the ground where the song came from.<\/p>\n
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At one time, self policing was a major influence in the Celtic support, and it appears that no longer applies.<\/p>\n
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So the club will have to police it themselves. They will have to identify the offenders, or those who accepted the tickets and perhaps distributed them amongst their members or friends, and remove them from the list.<\/p>\n
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There are no excuses for this behaviour, and the punishment must be swift and severe.<\/p>\n
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And as for that awful ditty about roaming in the gloaming with a shamrock, that has to go purely on the grounds that it’s pathetic.<\/p>\n
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” Ma…ma…Dad’s disappeared, and I can’t find his shamrock ”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0“Aw naw…he’s away roaming again ”\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pathetic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Think about this…if our support is singing about what is presumably a protestant genocide, then how on earth can we criticise and demand action when another support sings this….as they did the other evening ?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Why don\u2019t you go home\u2026\u2019 Please don\u2019t hide behind the \u2018other versions\u2019 that were put up to enable this line of defence. https:\/\/t.co\/0PcKJxcyGA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uavPmMifEQ<\/a><\/p>\n — Lint (@Zeshankenzo) March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\u2018Why don\u2019t you go home\u2026\u2019
\u2018The Famine is over, why don\u2019t you go home.\u2019<\/p>\n